2011

Artist Guest of Honor Michael Whelan is one of the most respected artists in science fiction, fantasy, and horror illustration. At the Sunday 1PM panel in Hanover G (Hy), he spoke about how he had been an artist since childhood. Having lived close to Vanderburg Air Force Base in California, Whelan was inspired by the sounds of airplanes and rockets and began to read science fiction and fantasy. Inspired by images of astronauts lying on their backs as their rockets

The Kaleidoscope Track is new at Dragon*Con. This panel on Phineas and Ferb was held Sunday afternoon in the Marriott L405-L406. It filled so quickly participants waited outside the door for the chance to take a seat vacated by another leaving the room. Children from the ages five to twelve made up about a third of the audience. The panelists conducted a round-table discussion, and at first, the children were a little hesitant to participate. But as the panel treated

Like any Dragon*Con attendee, featured guest Stephen H. Segal has long lived by the maxims that lead all our geeky lives: All that is gold does not glitter / Not all those who wander are lost (The Lord of the Rings); Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent (Foundation); With great power comes great responsibility (good old Spidey!); Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering (I think you know this one); DON’T PANIC (you’d

Tahmoh Penikett has had guest roles on shows such as Smallville, Stargate SG-1, and most recently, The Killing, among others. He is perhaps best known as Paul Ballard on Dollhouse and as Karl ‘Helo’ Agathon on Battlestar Galactica. He took a couple minutes to talk with the Daily Dragon.

Getting together to talk about prematurely cancelled shows is a common experience for fans of Joss Whedon, but that doesn’t dampen anyone’s enthusiasm. It was just as true at the “Welcome to the Dollhouse” panel in the Peachtree Ballroom (W) Saturday afternoon. As Eliza Dushku took the stage, she filmed the crowd cheering and clapping, which continued unabated as she was joined by Tahmoh Penikett.

Kate Mulgrew is probably best known to fandom as Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager, but her genre credits don’t end there. She’s currently part of the cast of Adult Swim’s NTSF:SD:SUV::, a funny send-up of CSI/NCIS/24-type shows written by comedy geek Paul Scheer. She graciously took a few minutes to speak to the Daily Dragon just after her Sunday morning signing.

Daily Dragon (DD): So what have you been up to lately? David Nykl (DN): I just did a webisode called “Mortal Combat.” Kevin Tancharoen directed it, the guy that directed Glee. Then I did another web project called “Future Love”… A lot of web projects coming up… DD: Nice! There seems to be a lot happening on the web.